Flowering New Mexico Agave is a photograph by Douglas Taylor which was uploaded on February 1st, 2024.
Flowering New Mexico Agave
A New Mexico Agave (Agave Neomexicana) pushes its colorful flower stalk into the deep and brilliant blue sky over the Central Arizona Highlands. ... more
Title
Flowering New Mexico Agave
Artist
Douglas Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Photography
Description
A New Mexico Agave (Agave Neomexicana) pushes its colorful flower stalk into the deep and brilliant blue sky over the Central Arizona Highlands. Surrounded by Arizona Juniper trees, the relatively tiny agave only measure about 16 inches tall and 24 inches in diameter. Yet at the end of its life it miraculously pushes up a candelabra-like flower stalk nearly 20 feet high, crowned with crimson red buds and hundreds of bright yellow tubular flowers. Bees and hummingbirds are the primary pollinators of these nectar rich flowers in late spring.
The habitat of the New Mexico Agave ranges from rocky slopes to desert grasslands between 1,400 and 7,000 feet in elevation, and it is usually found in the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico and a small portion of West Texas. So I was quite surprised to find them to be widespread on the high plateaus of the Central Arizona Highlands, and also to find them to be among tall Arizona Juniper trees which are commonly found at higher elevations in the Sonoran Desert to the south of this location.
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February 1st, 2024
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Comments (6)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Flowering New Mexico Agave composition, lighting, shading, excellent colors and artwork! Congratulations on your very deserving features! F/L
Joseph Schofield
Congratulations! I have chosen to feature this fine image on the homepage of New Mexico Memories. Please archive it on the 2024 features and thank you thread.
Jane M Dahl
Beautiful image. We have lots of juniper here but I've never seen one of these types of agave tin the wild. It's beautiful. Interesting combination! Featured in American Desert Southwest.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you so much, Jane! I'd not seen them in bloom until this one surprising and stunning view. I am honored by the feature and will ALWAYS appreciate you awesome support.
Randy Rosenberger
This piece of fine artwork has earned the honor of being chosen to show off to other artists and prospective buyers here in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is an honor to share this piece of well composed and beautiful art on our Featured section of our homepage. Thanks much for sharing! Liked and Faved Randy B. Rosenberger (administrator of the WFS group)
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you, Randy! I am always honored to be featured in this super art group.
VIVA Anderson
Beautiful Flowering New Mexico Agave capture, loveliest detail, flowers, and, environment, :) So interesting your Description: the finding these in the Highlands, eventually to stand 20' high!! That is impressive!!!!!!!!, Compliments, kudos, FAV !!. VIVA.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your kind words of compliment, VIVA! I am glad to read that you appreciate my description, also.
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